11 comments:

Conan your stories are a joy :) I'm sorry was diverted earlier, work interferes at times. Lovely picture, just adorable. I had to put down my 15 year old cairn a few years ago and I'm not having another because as you say it's too much heartbreak. Immediately I laid beige carpets to stop me being tempted, stupid woman.

Glad to hear you've got a little longer to be absolutely idle although you must get the exercise, it's the only thing that's not taxed these days. Though I do remember the day we had dog licences and the Customs and Excise issued them. That's another story.

I've had dogs all of my life and my first was a Beagle my mother named with a shortened version of mine. She actually stood a chance of calling out the back door and one of us hearing her and coming back. I would follow the dog and he followed me and he was always near me, I mean I was interested in what he was too at times. I didn't get introduced to working dogs till I got my small game license (shotgun) at 13 and again Beagles and my not so good hunter Basset Hound. She died shortly after I got home from the Army and I swear she hung on till I did. Did some Schutzhund training with working dogs later, but that's a different story.

For the most part, now, they are just a part of everyday life and I can't imagine being as happy without them. A part of you goes with them when they leave. Never seemed exactly fair our life spans aren't more equal.

I had to give up the beer. Blasphemy I know. But I've still got the dogs and I think they like me better without the beer. At least I can see them. I still trip over them, maybe it wasn't the beer or too many dogs. Naw if you can still count them, you don't have enough. Humm, maybe that's cats and not dogs. No matter, I can still count both kinds in the house, need more.

I don't do things exactly by the book when it comes to the beer, Conan. I don't mind pushing the date back, whatever the hell it is, on my self imposed exile from the nectar. The weather here is still kind of on the chill side. As our ex's have said, I did it but I didn't inhale and I apologize, the next one said I did, but I don't really remember, and I apologize and now we have one that says he did and he inhaled and I apologize. I see a trend, two actually. Stay tuned in, I'll get the deed done and I won't apologize. :)

See that's the thing about your Blog. I think there are people here that would love nothing more then to help you get said cylindrical object here and yet in another post it doesn't seem that way at all. I still need a translator.

LoL postpaleo. There are good-natured jibes and others not so good-natured. I think Niko(Mr Dxlexictlk) would like to insert a cigar shaped object into my oriface for his own pleasure, rather than helping the oppressed Habana lovers of America.He "feasts with panthers" dontcha know ;-)